Nonparametric hypothesis testing for equality of means on the simplex

In the context of data that lie on the simplex, we investigate use of empirical and exponential empirical likelihood, and Hotelling and James statistics, to test the null hypothesis of equal population means based on two independent samples. We perform an extensive numerical study using data simulat...

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Main Authors: Tsagris, Michail, Preston, Simon P., Wood, Andrew T.A.
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43849/
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author Tsagris, Michail
Preston, Simon P.
Wood, Andrew T.A.
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description In the context of data that lie on the simplex, we investigate use of empirical and exponential empirical likelihood, and Hotelling and James statistics, to test the null hypothesis of equal population means based on two independent samples. We perform an extensive numerical study using data simulated from various distributions on the simplex. The results, taken together with practical considerations regarding implementation, support the use of bootstrap-calibrated James statistic.
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spelling nottingham-438492020-05-04T18:08:03Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43849/ Nonparametric hypothesis testing for equality of means on the simplex Tsagris, Michail Preston, Simon P. Wood, Andrew T.A. In the context of data that lie on the simplex, we investigate use of empirical and exponential empirical likelihood, and Hotelling and James statistics, to test the null hypothesis of equal population means based on two independent samples. We perform an extensive numerical study using data simulated from various distributions on the simplex. The results, taken together with practical considerations regarding implementation, support the use of bootstrap-calibrated James statistic. Taylor & Francis 2016-08-02 Article PeerReviewed Tsagris, Michail, Preston, Simon P. and Wood, Andrew T.A. (2016) Nonparametric hypothesis testing for equality of means on the simplex. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, 87 (2). pp. 406-422. ISSN 1563-5163 Compositional data hypothesis testing Hotelling test James test nonparametric empirical likelihood bootstrap http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00949655.2016.1216554 doi:10.1080/00949655.2016.1216554 doi:10.1080/00949655.2016.1216554
spellingShingle Compositional data
hypothesis testing
Hotelling test
James test
nonparametric
empirical likelihood
bootstrap
Tsagris, Michail
Preston, Simon P.
Wood, Andrew T.A.
Nonparametric hypothesis testing for equality of means on the simplex
title Nonparametric hypothesis testing for equality of means on the simplex
title_full Nonparametric hypothesis testing for equality of means on the simplex
title_fullStr Nonparametric hypothesis testing for equality of means on the simplex
title_full_unstemmed Nonparametric hypothesis testing for equality of means on the simplex
title_short Nonparametric hypothesis testing for equality of means on the simplex
title_sort nonparametric hypothesis testing for equality of means on the simplex
topic Compositional data
hypothesis testing
Hotelling test
James test
nonparametric
empirical likelihood
bootstrap
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43849/
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https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43849/